Silent Sunday

November 29, 2020.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Glendalough, County Wicklow, Ireland

A Date in the Irish Calendar – The Late Late Toy Show

November 27, 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Anticipation has been building all week – the goodies have been bought and every kid in the country is looking forward to staying up well beyond their bedtime tonight. Ah yes you say – the big announcement today re the lifting of Covid level 5 restrictions for Christmas. NO -not that – well ok…. the […]

Eating our way around Copenhagen – a day in the life of a grazing family on the move!!

November 26, 2020.Reading time 6 minutes.

A few months back I wrote (well – ok – maybe bragged a bit) about the joys of being a teacher with a summer birthday and some of the incredible places in which I’ve been lucky enough to celebrate. But while I’m living it up with my August festivities, himself is stuck with the last […]

Sculpture Saturday

November 21, 2020.Reading time 1 minute.

This piece is entitled Thus Daedalus Flew by Niall O’Neill. It honours the writer James Joyce, who named his literary alter ego Stephen Dedalus in his novels. It also refers to Daedalus, father of Icarus. It is located in south county Dublin. I can’t find out much about it but the blurb from the local […]

An Irish Postcard – Kenmare

November 18, 2020.Reading time 24 minutes.

This is the sort of town I’d usually run a mile from! There isn’t a cliché that hasn’t been thrown at it – charming, inherent beauty, gorgeous, perfect location, picturesque, cute (that’s used a lot!), tranquil sanctuary, unique, otherworldly beauty, world renowned……. all a bit too twee for my liking. The thing is – Kenmare […]